Shatapatha Brahmana 13.2.1.5

13.2.1.5

lājairjuhoti nakṣatrāṇāṃ vā etadrūpaṃ yallajā nakṣatrāṇyeva tatprīṇāti prāṇāya svāhāpānāya svāheti nāmagrāhaṃ juhoti nāmagrāhamevaināṃstatprīṇātyekasmai svāhā dvābhyāṃ svāhā śatāya svāhaikaśatāya svāhetyanupūrvaṃ juhotyanupūrvamevaināṃstatprīṇātyekottarā juhotyekavṛdvai svargo loka ekadhaivainaṃ svargaṃ lokaṃ gamayati parācīrjuhoti parāṅiva vai svargo lokaḥ svargasya lokasyābhijityai

With parched grain he makes offering; for this--to wit, parched grain--is a form of the Nakshatras (lunar asterisms): it is the Nakshatras he thus gratifies. He offers whilst mentioning names, with (Vâg. XXII, 23-33), 'To the in- (and out-) breathing hail! to the off-breathing hail!'... he thus gratifies them by mentioning their names. [Vâg. S. XXII, 34], 'To one hail! to two hail!... to a hundred hail! to a hundred and one hail!' He offers in the proper order: in the proper order he thus gratifies them (the gods). He performs oblations successively increasing by one, for single, indeed, is heaven: singly he thus causes him (the Sacrificer) to reach heaven. Straight away he offers in order to the winning of heaven; for straight away, as it were, is heaven.